Easter

“We do not pretend that life is all beauty. We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain. But we know Jesus has conquered sin and passed through His own pain to the glory of the Resurrection. And we live in the light of His Paschal Mystery – the mystery of His […]

Happy Easter! “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” (John 20:29) The Gospel of Matthew: Chapter 28 Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Mag’dalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel […]

Good Friday To me, the so-called good thief, whose real name is Dismas, represents sincere Christians. If we are honest with ourselves, we will take the LORD’s words to heart and mind. We will be ever mindful of what He says several times in John 14: If we love Him, we will keep His commandments. […]

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has tossed out a lawsuit that sought to stop the display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among the World Trade Center’s rubble, saying the artifact could help tell the story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts in a ruling […]

Many of my friends (and I) are distressed because Vice President Joe Biden took Holy Communion at Cardinal Dolan’s Palm Sunday Mass. Prior to Election Day 2012, I wrote about the gravity of this sacrilege over @ WND. Now that it’s Holy Week, please consider scientific proof that someone is alive in the Holy Eucharist. […]

He’s not just away in a manger, He’s at your local Catholic church, maybe your local hospital or in a chapel at the airport you’re traveling through. Nothing gives me more peace than going directly to the LORD and adoring Him in person – not so much to talk, but to listen. You can […]

Happy Easter! To my astonishment, the Huffington Post published this: VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI marked the holiest night of the year for Christians by stressing that humanity isn’t a random product of evolution. Benedict emphasized the Biblical account of creation in his Easter Vigil homily Saturday, saying it was wrong to think at […]

Pope Benedict’s mediation on the God Man, Christ crucified: What remains now before our eyes? It is a crucified man, a cross raised on Golgotha, a cross which seems a sign of the final defeat of the One who brought light to those immersed in darkness, the One who spoke of the power of forgiveness […]